I just attempted to transfer a program and it seemed to transfer okay (i.e. it took a long time and the size of the file was as expected). But it won't playback in WMP. Just a few pixels show up and it crashes. I first opened it in VideoRedo and the large frame was totally pixelated and "plays". The bottom filmstrip thumbnails were fine.

So what's changed since my last successful transfer - 10 days ago or so?
- put the PC time back to real time.
- applied curl.conf edit
- installed VideoRedo (trial version, still in trial mode)
- updated DivX player (came with a trial converter, tried once)
- lots of conversions (of other shows) learning how to make and get a clip MP4 to my smartphone. (using AnyVideoConverter)

I am retrying the same video transfer now. I will try another show too. For some (cynical?) reason, I don't really expect either of these attempts will change things tho.

Here are two things to try, although I can't say I can see how they would explain your problems:
1. If your TiVo is a Premiere, and you have "fast transfers" selected in Desktop, try unselecting it. The transferred file format is different for the two choices.
2. Have you "uncrippled" your VRD trial? In the menu system there is a selection to perform free trial registration.

WMP and VRD use files installed with TiVo Desktop. Try uninstalling/reinstalling TDP. I think there is a TDP "cleaner" utility furnished by TiVo that can be used to purge old registry rubbish from previous TDP installations (prior to reinstalling).

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I was going to delete the interrupted file and start again, but the confirmation message suggested that the video would play in part. I checked that out with WMP and was pleased to see the show played. I did not complete the deletion.

I only need a portion of the show but when I went back to extract part of it, it was GONE from desktop!!! I re-opened up Tivo Desktop again and accessed the Tivo NP and now the show has a RED X. I remember seeing (and resolving) the Red X during the expired cookie fiasco, but I don't rememer how I got rid of it. I think it was simple like reboot or re-open TD. Neither of those tricks works now.

I am now wondering if the curl.conf cookie fix is working or causing mayhem.

I transferred a different show just fine as a trial. I retried this one (solved the Red X problem) and it failed again when it was nearly done. Tivo box crashed and rebooted. Tivo Desktop said "transfer interrupted" But this time, transfer resumed and seems to be finishing up now after Tivo reboot. I'm not sure that can work, but we'll see.

WHile Tivo was rebooting, I grabbed this out of an error file that I found in the TD area:

I transferred a different show just fine as a trial. I retried this one (solved the Red X problem) and it failed again when it was nearly done. Tivo box crashed and rebooted. Tivo Desktop said "transfer interrupted" But this time, transfer resumed and seems to be finishing up now after Tivo reboot. I'm not sure that can work, but we'll see.

It is not uncommon to have a show with an audio/video glitch or other corruption that stops Tivo Desktop dead in its tracks, even if it plays fine on the Tivo.
Chances are, no matter what you do, you will always have problems transferring that particular show.

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